Was 1988 the Greatest Year for Hollywood Comedies?
The mid-80’s were the Golden Age of movie comedies and we didn’t even realize it.
The Coen Brothers From Worst To Best: A Big Ol’ List
The Coen Brothers sure make some swell movies. Even when not entirely swell, swellness abounds within them. So. Let’s reduce their art to a list.
The Drowning Pool Flounders in the Deep End
The Drowning Pool has a lot going for it, but these elements just don’t float.
God Help the Girl Makes You Pop
The film is like a wistful fruit, pulverized down to pulp so you can swallow deep and let the juice stain your lips
New Star Wars Stand-Alone Film Announced For 2018: Jar Jar Goes To Endor
Newest addition to Disney’s growing list of Stand-Alone Star Wars films to star Jar Jar Binks and the Ewoks in a story connecting the two trilogies.
Unpopular Opinions About Good Morning Vietnam
They say drama is easy; that it’s comedy that’s hard. I think, to take it a step further, that it’s comedy disguised as drama that’s the hardest.
Doctor Who Series 8: Into The Dalek. Or, Possibly, Not.
Let’s get small.
The Unknown Known And Knowing The Unknowable Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld may be the most impressive weasel in history, a mighty distinction indeed.
The Warriors Guide to New York
Walter Hill’s eye-opening 1979 documentary, The Warriors, gave many Americans their first glimpse of the real New York.
Doctor Who Series 8: Deep Breath…Sucks
In which the series 8 opener is found to be, sad to say, all too reminiscent of the mess that was series 7, despite the appearance of a promising new Doctor.
At Sopranos End, Tony Lives! Also? He Dies. David Chase Weighs In. But Not Really.
David Chase, never left alone since he blacked out The Sopranos, says something, says something else, and is for the most part completely misunderstood.
This One Goes Out to The One I Love
This one goes out to the one I left behind. Another prop has occupied my time. This one goes out to the one I love.
Four Sequels That Couldn’t: A Cautionary Tale
The story is right there! Don’t over think it. It is a sequel. Sequels should be simple, stupid!
On Klute, Pakula, and The Paranoia Of The ‘70s
In which thoughts on director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis’s paranoid ’70s trilogy are thunk.